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Regulation of therapists.

Stuart333

I read this article yesterday.

https://news.sky.com/story/blurred-lines-and-no-rules-the-dark-side-of-therapy-13481757

Anyone can call themselves a therapist. Few check their credentials, which can lead to problems when people are in a troubled state.

There are calls to tighten things up.

I was aware of this and was careful, but it seems few know.

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  • Same with ‘coaches’. An unregulated term. Most do a 12 week course and magically they claim to treat people with complex conditions usually involving PTSD, ADHD, ASD and other trauma, often combinations. This is why I will only ever see an appropriate chartered psychologist or psychiatrist (real doctors in the field). It’s my mental health and I don’t want just anyone treating me. I’m so bored of also seeing such coaches and therapists claiming that they too have the same condition and somehow that qualifies them as doctors to treat complex conditions. Sure, they may offer surface level suggestions, but they are almost never doctors trained in picking apart mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions while having the cheek to charge similar rates, sometimes more. It’s people cashing in our vulnerable people in a large amount of cases. 

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  • Same with ‘coaches’. An unregulated term. Most do a 12 week course and magically they claim to treat people with complex conditions usually involving PTSD, ADHD, ASD and other trauma, often combinations. This is why I will only ever see an appropriate chartered psychologist or psychiatrist (real doctors in the field). It’s my mental health and I don’t want just anyone treating me. I’m so bored of also seeing such coaches and therapists claiming that they too have the same condition and somehow that qualifies them as doctors to treat complex conditions. Sure, they may offer surface level suggestions, but they are almost never doctors trained in picking apart mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions while having the cheek to charge similar rates, sometimes more. It’s people cashing in our vulnerable people in a large amount of cases. 

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